Op-ed: Here’s the drinking conversation we need to have
It sounds macho, but there’s science behind the idea that bigger men are better at holding their drink. Size matters. A larger person absorbs more alcohol into their body tissue so that means that less goes to their brain, which is when you start to feel its effects. Sex matters, too. It generally takes less […]
Hands-on Learning Issue 30
Through the Hands-on Learning publication, we hope to play a helpful role in synthesising information from innovators and implementers in civil society, supporting them to share what they have learnt so that others can draw from and build on their experiences. Catching up: Lessons in implementing accelerated learning programmes in South Africa In South Africa, […]
Learning Brief – Catching up: Lessons in implementing accelerated learning programmes in South Africa
In South Africa, eight out of every 10 Grade 4 learners in South Africa do not meet the low international benchmark for reading set by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), which serves as an indicator of learners’ ability to make sense of texts. The ability to recognise words and make sense of […]
Learning Brief – Breakthrough thinking for early learning in South Africa: Government is starting to adopt the home-based learning model
The early years of a child’s life are the building blocks of their future success. Yet in South Africa, over 1.15 million children aged three to five are not in any early learning programme (ELP) and fewer than half of four-to five-year-olds attending an ELP are developmentally on track, meaning that they do not meet […]
Learning Brief – No learning without well-being: Why mental health matters in post-school education and training
Mental health is shaped from before birth onward by a constellation of socio-economic factors, including poverty and inequality. In South Africa, where nearly 70% of children live below the upper-bound poverty line of R55 a day, poverty results not only in unmet needs but in sustained deprivation affecting mental health. International research shows that children […]